A lady who is a teacher at school, is a mom, a wife, a sister, a daughter , a daughter in law at home. IS also a neighbour, a community member & a colleague etc. But she is the same one person, playing different roles. Its tough to switch roles every now and then , but she needs to in the best interest of everyone.
Now lets revisit Mahabharat & Gita learning's ....
The role of Arjuna in the war field is just to fight - giving his all to it,
doing maximum justice to his role. When he plays the role of the fighter he
should not share the concerns of his other roles - father, brother, son,
son-in-law, nephew or any other. If he does, it is like splitting himself into
many roles at a time and thus diluting his vyavasaya buddhi. Diluted dedication
is inefficiency. When you play the role of the fighter, be just the fighter and
not the father, brother or anyone else. When you play the role of the worker, be
just the worker and not the father, mother, husband, wife or anyone else.
Gita teaches us that we may have many roles to play, but for each action / interaction we are doing that as our duty/karam for a particular role. And at that time we need to be focused on our duty in that role.
This gives multi tasking a new dimension. Its not about doing many duties at one time, its about how quick we can switch from one role to another without diluting any focus.
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